Anant Art Gallery presents HASHIYA: THE MARGIN a major exhibition exploring for the first time the tradition of illustrated margins in miniatures through contemporary art. The exhibition inaugurated by the poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, and guests of honour Prof. B.N Goswamy and Salima Hashmi at Bikaner House, Pandara Road on Friday 30th March…
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Jewellery and Art Unite: Gyan Jewels launches the Blooming Arrow collection inspired by medieval Mughal paintings at Gyan Museum
Bespoke jewellery brand Gyan Jewels launches the new Blooming Arrow, collection inspired by the distinct of ancient Indian painting. With an innovative design language that amalgamates art and antiques with fine jewellery, this new collection brings an contemporary wearable edge to traditional motifs. Established by Suresh and Arun Dhaddha, alongside Gyan Museum in 2016, Gyan…
NAVRAS: The third edition in Jaipur of the Jawahar Kala Kendra performing arts festival
The festival opened on March 17 with “Dhamaal,” a celebration of the drumming traditions from India, with a performance curated and directed by the renowned percussionist Aneesh Pradhan and will be followed by a week of outstanding performances including “Thari — The Loom” by Padma Shri Malavika Sarukkai and Attakkalari’s Bhina Vinyasa, which combines movement…
‘Manu Parekh, 60 Years of Selected Works’ at the NGMA Mumbai
Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai is pleased to present the retrospective, Manu Parekh, 60 Years of Selected Works with over 150 works at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (NGMA) along with an accompanying book of the same title in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The preview of the exhibition is…
Tara: 21 Avatars of the Goddess, curated by Arjun Sawhney and Tania Le Fabvre
Curator Arjun Sawhney and Tania Le Fabvre in collaboration with Master Buddhist artist, Zeiko are delighted to announce the exhibition TARA: 21 Avatars of the Goddess. The Exhibit is co-presented by Simran Lal, CEO, Good Earth and Sussanne Khan. The showcase is a dedicated body of work presented as an homage to the leading female…
Homeward Bound with this year’s JaipurPhoto 2018
The international outdoor photography festival, JaipurPhoto opened on 23rd February 2018 in Jaipur with exhibitions and talks by leading lensman from across the globe. A total of fourteen exhibitions has been staged across the city of Jaipur with site-specific exhibitions and large-format prints adapted to the exceptional architecture of the venues including the Hawa Mahal,…
Pooja Singhal is proud to present Pichvai: Tradition & Beyond
Pooja Singhal is proud to present Pichvai: Tradition & Beyond, an exhibition that showcases the contemporary interpretation of Pichvai works that will bring the traditional Indian art form into a new avatar. The exhibition will open with a private preview on Thursday 5th April 2018 and will be open to the public from 6th –…
Vice President of India Mr. Venkaiah Naidu visits Kiran Nadar Museum of Art for Vivan Sundaram’s 50 year retrospective
Vice President of India Mr Venkaiah Naidu visited Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) last evening, 14th February 2018, to support the landmark exhibition ‘Vivan Sundaram: Step inside and you are no longer a stranger’, A Retrospective: Fifty Years, which opened on 8th February 2018. Ms Roshini Nadar, Executive Director and the CEO of HCL,…
Vivan Sundaram – ‘Step inside and you are no longer a stranger’, A Retrospective: Fifty Years – Curated by Roobina Karode
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art opens the most comprehensive and wide-ranging survey of Vivan Sundaram, one of India’s most prolific artists, in New Delhi on 8 February 2018. The most significant show to date of Sundaram’s work, Step inside and you are no longer a stranger: Over 50 years, traces the artist’s development over the…
Saffronart to Inaugurate new gallery at The Oberoi, New Delhi on 9 February 2018
Saffronart’s new gallery at Aravalli, The Oberoi, New Delhi with a preview on 9 February, 2018 at 7:30pm of its upcoming Evening Sale live auction. India’s leading auction house, Saffronart, is returning to The Oberoi, New Delhi, one of the most iconic luxury five-star hotels in the capital. Saffronart, which moved to The Claridges following…
Princess Diya Kumari launches Bernadette van Gelder’s landmark publication on Traditional Indian Jewellery at Gyan Museum, Jaipur
Gyan Museum, Jaipur hosted the India launch of Traditional Indian Jewellery on 28 January 2018 in the presence of guest of honour Her Royal Highness Smt. Rajkumari Diyakumari. The India launch of the publication follows the international launch at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam where the inaugural copy was presented to Mr Veenu Rajamony, Indian Ambassador to…
Vadehra Art Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition of artist Riyas Komu’s recent body of work from 2nd February to 3rd March, 2018
‘Holy Shiver’ is a response to a State in deliberate conflict with its founding principles. The title ‘Holy Shiver’ is a reference to the conceptual strand discussed by Austrian zoologist and ethologist Konrad Lorenz in his book, On Aggression. Calling the behavioural tendency of willing to kill or be killed in defence of one’s own…
Vivan Sundaram – A 50 year Retrospective ‘Step inside and you are no longer a stranger’
KNMA is delighted to announce the most significant show to date of one of India’s most prolific artists. This exhibition will trace Sundaram’s development over the last half-century, exploring his unique trajectory as an artist, curator and editor. The exhibition features rare works from Sundaram’s early career and is curated by Roobina Karode and Vivan…
“I WONDER” a solo show of works by Rajesh Ram at Palette Art Gallery until Feb 15th 2018
“I wonder” is Rajesh Ram’s fifth solo, after a gap of nine years. Comprising Ram’s most recent body of watercolour drawings and life-size bronze sculptures, the exhibition resumes the artist’s interest in storytelling, capsuled in idioms and proverbs that tell of a time of childhood innocence and curiosity. Informed by the tales of the Panchatantra…
Hybrids, a solo exhibition by Rashid Al Khalifa opens at Ayyam Gallery
he Bahraini artist’s work will be on display from 20 January – 10 March 2018 Ayyam Gallery Dubai (11 Alserkal Avenue) is pleased to announce Hybrids, a solo exhibition by Rashid Al Khalifa. Hybrids will present a selection of wall-mounted installations from six different series from 2010 to 2017. Over the past four decades, Rashid…
Legendary Drummer Dave Weckl to headline Jazz India Circuit Delhi Edition
Teamwork Arts’ Jazz India Circuit (JIC) 2017-18 season announces the first of its twin concerts slotted for the national capital as part of the JIC Delhi edition: to be held at One Golden Mile in New Delhi on the 17th and 18th of February, the much-awaited Delhi edition will be headlined by legendary drummer Dave…
COYA Dubai is delighted to present “Hero Addicted” by Luca Valentini from January 22 – March 26, 2018
The Italian born artist has an engineering background that he applied to delve into art. In “Hero Addicted”, Valentini has taken iconic covers of newspapers and magazines and reworked them weaving in a mix contemporary art, street art, and solid German expressionism. This body of work was inspired by hero and antihero; the juxtaposition of…
“Work In Progress” taking place at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi, from January 18 to January 25, 2018
On the completion of ten years, Kohlart proposes a revisitation and “re”presentation of the fundamental pillars of our entity – the artists and their art. To share this decade long journey they present annual group show titled WORK IN PROGRESS. Since Kohlart’s founding in 2007, have consistently worked with contemporary regional artists from around the…
B. M. Anand Foundation at India Art Fair 2018 – Art, Politics, Ideology: the Aesthetics of Brij Mohan Anand on 9-12 February 2018
The B. M. Anand Foundation will showcase selected works by anti-establishment, modernist painter and illustrator Brij Mohan Anand, in a specially curated exhibition at India Art Fair, New Delhi, 9 – 12 February 2018. Curated by Dr. Alka Pande and designed by Ishan Khosla, this exhibition intends to broaden public exposure and understanding of B….
“What if you fly” by artist Michelle Poonawalla on 1st to 4th February, 2018 at New Delhi
Title of the exhibition: “What if you fly” by artist Michelle Poonawalla Dates: 1st to 4th February, 2018 Venue: Vis A Vis India, Chattarpur, New Delhi In Michelle Poonawallas work lies an insistent thread of hope. It snakes through cages, loops through nostalgia, dots the painted canvas in a riot of colour as it takes…
Emami Art presents Bengal in new light at New Delhi for India Art Fair 2018
Emami Art, formerly known as Emami Chisel Art (ECA), part of the reputed Emami Group of Companies, is proud to return to India Art Fair in the Galleries section for the upcoming edition, due to take place from 9 – 12 February, 2018. The booth display at the fair has been conceptualised by Anupa Mehta,…
Gallery Art Motif presents exhibition of “Drawings, Paintings and Ceramics” by artists Madhvi Subrahmanian, Neha Lavingia and Sheetal Gattani
Neha Lavingia The closest analogy to Neha Lavingia’s paintings will be that of the Zen form of poetry known as Haiku. They are precise, evocative and brief, the poetics of the minimal. In the push, pull and shove of life, how often do we take the time to stand, to stare, to wonder, to feel,…
Exhibition of Senaka Senanayake, one of Sri Lanka’s leading artist, to be held in New Delhi in January 2018
In collaboration with London-based Grosvenor Gallery, Saffronart is holding an exhibition of paintings by the artist Senaka Senanayake at Saffronart, The Claridges, New Delhi, from 12 – 24 January 2018. The exhibition will feature new paintings by Senanayake on his most sought-after theme of the rainforest. Born in 1951, Senanayake is one of Sri Lanka’s…
When is Space? An exhibition on Contemporary Architecture from 21 January to 31 March 2018
Commissioned by Jawahar Kala Kendra and Curated by Rupali Gupte & Prasad Shetty. ‘When is space?’ intends to discuss the contemporary architecture and space making practices in India. Space here refers to the multi-scalar dimensions at which one thinks of architecture, from the idea of the universe, to collective institutional forms to the micro environments…
Elephant Parade India arrives in Kolkata at the 2017 edition of The India Story
JSW brings Elephant Parade India to The India Story. The city of Kolkata will meet the gorgeous elephants from Elephant Parade India during the 2017 edition of The India Art Story from 21 – 24 December 2017 at Swabhumi Heritage, Kolkata, as part of the Elephant Parade India Kolkata preview. Launched in 2015, The India…
India Art Fair reveals refreshed and expanded programme for 2018, and announces gallery and institutional participation
India Art Fair, the leading platform to discover modern and contemporary art from South Asia, announces programme highlights for the 2018 edition. Presented in partnership with BMW Group in India, the fair will take place at the NSIC grounds, Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi, 9–12 February. Under the leadership of new Fair Director, Jagdip Jagpal,…
BODHI PARVA, Festival of Buddhist Heritage, from 9th to 10th December 2017
Dates: 9th – 10th December 2017 Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) Time: 11 am to 6.30 pm Free Entry Buddhism has taken root in the consciousness of people across the world. With increasing curiosity – especially among the young – it is time, to look at the different aspects of Buddhism….
From Classical to Contemporary: Saffronart’s online auction sees excellent results across categories
Saffronart’s online auction, From Classical to Contemporary, concluded last evening with 98 lots out of 121 lots being sold for INR 16 crore (USD 2.5 million). Offering a panoramic view of Indian art, the auction saw a strong demand for antiquities and modernists. Works by S H Raza, Akbar Padamsee, Arpita Singh, F N Souza,…
‘project AMSOE – where Art Meets Science Of Everything’ from 1st to 23rd December 2017 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Project AMSOE is an inter-disciplinary arts festival conceptualized by young enthusiast Pratiksha Jain. It will be a melting pot of emerging and established artist, innovators, entrepreneurs, experienced activists, thinkers and do-ers. The festival will include works ranging from performance art, sonic art, public-interventions, social and ecological justice projects, installations, film, interactive work, poetry and more….
Natvar Bhavsar presents his first retrospective in India, titled “HOMECOMING”
DAG Modern is pleased to present New York based artist Natvar Bhavsar’s first retrospective in India, aptly titled ‘Homecoming’ at its Mumbai Gallery. His art sails past all limitations and enclosures to evoke feelings – and a sense of being – on a cosmic scale’ – Carter Ratclife, American art critic, writer and poet. Curated…